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Dates: during 1980-1989
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North briefly left Quantico in 1973 to supervise jungle training in Okinawa. Once again, he never let up, working long hours and seven-day weeks. His wife was not with him, and toward the end of his tour, the strain seemed to trigger a depression. He voluntarily checked himself into Bethesda Naval Hospital for mental exhaustion and stayed three weeks. North has never spoken of the experience, and it was subsequently expunged from his record. When he was released, he was pronounced "fit for duty." North was helped through this trying period in his marriage by the works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: True Belief Unhampered by Doubt | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

...media add another dimension to the struggle. Their questions about presidential actions, particularly in intelligence areas, frequently trigger a constitutional debate about power. No matter what the truth of the accusations, the man in the Oval Office must always take time out to answer them. The imperatives of media politics have required Chief Executives to yield more ground than they considered wise or necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fragmentation of Powers | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

Committee members tended to downgrade the effect of North's tactic. Said a somber Senate Chairman Daniel Inouye: "We can ((start)) contempt proceedings, but obviously that would take much time." Finding North in contempt would trigger further court action that might take until October or later. Simply questioning North in public session could still produce an effective, if longer, interrogation, said Inouye. Lawyers for both sides discussed a compromise that would have North submit to limited questioning in private, but no agreement had been reached at week's end. Lee Hamilton, chairman of the House panel, indicated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Up His Guard | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger tried to mollify Congress with a 26- page report explaining the Navy's new rules of engagement in the gulf. Warships are now operating under "hair-trigger" alert, prepared to fire on any plane or vessel that approaches in a hostile manner. Under these rules, the Iraqi jet that zeroed in on the Stark would have been blown out of the sky before it could launch its missiles. He assured worried Congressmen that the threat to U.S. vessels was, as the report put it, "low to moderate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rough Seas and New Names | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

...below 3,000 ft., thus making it unnecessary to protect cable below that depth. They have also discovered previously unknown species of fish. But they still do not know why the new cable is so appealing. The favored theory: sharks attack the lines after detecting faint electric fields that trigger a feeding reflex. "Who knows why they are attracted to it?" muses Gary Nelson, chief of ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. "Sharks aren't all that predictable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Abstracts Fiber-Optic Feeding Frenzy | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

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